2022 DFCM External Award Winners
Congratulations to all our 2022 Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) external award winners! At this year's virtual Awards & Celebration Event on Sept. 20, we will recognize and honour your contributions to your patients, communities and our department.
These awards relate to the period June 2021 – June 2022.
100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women
Dr. Onye Nnorom | Scarborough Health Network
Academic Family Physician of the Year
Dr. Sid Feldman | North York General Hospital
Associated Medical Services (AMS) Healthcare Fellow in Compassion and Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Osnat Melamed | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
Bernard Fogel Award for Students in Family and Community Medicine
Dr. Gill Kazevman
Best 3x3 Presentation at Richard Reznick Wilson Centre Research Day
Ms. Jenny Cho
Dr. Joyce Nyhof-Young | Princess Margaret Hospital
Dr. Giovanna Sirianni | Sunnybrook Health Sciences
Best What Works Paper at International Conference on Residency Education
Dr. Batya Grundland | Women’s College Hospital
Dr. Mahan Kulasegaram | The Wilson Centre, UHN
Dr. Maria Mylopoulos | The Wilson Centre, UHN
Dr. Karina Prucnal | North York General Hospital
Dr. Nikki Woods | The Wilson Centre, UHN
BScPA Annual Faculty and Student Awards: Excellence in Teaching
Mr. Kevin Zhang | DFCM Physician Assistant Program | UHN
BScPA Annual Faculty and Student Awards: PA Role Model
Ms. Dee Naidu | Sunnybrook Health Sciences
BScPA Annual Faculty and Student Awards: Preceptor Award
Dr. David Ng | Markham Stouffville Hospital
BScPA Annual Faculty and Student Awards: Rising Star
Ms. Sara Pytka-Jones | Main East Medical Associates, Hamilton
CAEP Richard Kohn Memorial Award for Mentorship in Emergency Medicine
Dr. Meeta Patel | North York General Hospital
Canada Graduate Scholarships
Dr. Azza Eissa | Upstream Lab, St. Michael’s Hospital – PGY2
Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner 2021
Dr. Nicole Woods | UHN – Toronto General Hospital
Canadian Association of Medical Education Certificate of Merit
Dr. Sarah Wright | Michael Garron Hospital
Canadian Family Physician’s Best Original Research Award
Dr. Dominik Nowak | Office-Based Physician
Canadian Medical Association Award for Political Advocacy 2022
Dr. Meb Rashid | Women’s College Hospital
Canadian Cancer Society Inclusive Excellence Prize 2021
Dr. Aisha Lofters | Women’s College Hospital
CFOC Award of Excellence
Dr. Ali Damji | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
CFPC Awards of Excellence
Dr. Tali Bogler | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael's
Dr. Risa Bordman | North York General Hospital
Dr. Ali Damji | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Allan Grill | Markham Stouffville Hospital
Dr. Dominik Nowak | Office-Based Physician
Dr. Vanessa Redditt | Women’s College Hospital
CFPC Canadian Family Physician Best Original Research Article Award 2021
Dr. Anita Srivastava | Unity Health Toronto – St. Joseph’s Hospital
CFPC Lifetime Achievement Award in Family Medicine Research 2021
Dr. Richard Glazier | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael’s Hospital
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario Council Award
Dr. Ramona Mahtani | Mount Sinai Hospital
Deans Alumni Award: Humanitarian Award 2022
Dr. Meb Rashid | Women’s College Hospital
Dr. Anna Jarvis Award for Postgraduate Teaching Excellence
Dr. Carly Ng | Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Harrison Waddington Fellowship in Family and Community Medicine 2021-22
Dr. Aisha Husain | Markham Stouffville Hospital
Dr. Rogers Prize for Excellence in Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Dr. Linda M. Rapson | UHN – Toronto Western Hospital
Educating Sunnybrook Award 2022
Dr. Sarah Torabi | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Family Medicine Education Award
Dr. Helen Batty | Women’s College Hospital
Family Medicine National Education Administrators (FMNEA) Award of Excellence
Ms. Elicia Bryant | DFCM Central
Family Medicine Resident Scholarship
Dr. Vivian Tam | Mount Sinai Hospital
Helen P. Batty Award for Excellence and Achievement in Faculty Development, Innovation in Program Development and Design
Dr. Risa Bordman | North York General Hospital
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Most Influential Women in Health IT Award 2022
Dr. Tania Tajirian | CAMH
Honorary Lifetime Member Award from CAEP
Dr. Howard Ovens | Mount Sinai Hospital
MD Program Teaching Awards for Excellence 2020-21
96 DFCM faculty members, including 11 family medicine residents
(view our news article & more information about the list)
Dr. Sadaf Arbab-Tafti | North York General Hospital
Dr. Pradeepan Arulchelvam | Scarborough Health Network
Dr. Anjali Bhayana | University Health Network
Dr. Sophie Bourgeois | University Health Network
Dr. Ashna Bowry | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael’s Health Centre
Dr. Robert Boyko | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Leigh Caplan | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Dr. Blair Cappel | Trillium Health Partners – Mississauga Hospital
Dr. Alice Hoi Yan Chan | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Charissa Chen | Women’s College Hospital
Dr. Elaine Cheng | Sinai Health System
Dr. Jessica A. Chin | Scarborough Health Network (PGY2 Resident)
Dr. Jane Chow | Sinai Health System
Dr. Lori Coman-Wood | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Ali Damji | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Melissa De Souza | Women’s College Hospital
Dr. Jonathan Ding | North York General Hospital
Dr. Annie Doan | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Anson Dong | Sinai Health System (PGY3 Resident)
Dr. Jennifer M. Everson | Trillium Health Partners – Mississauga Hospital
Dr. Cary Fan | University Health Network
Dr. Sarah Fleming | University Health Network
Dr. Amy Forbes | Trillium Health Partners – Mississauga Hospital
Dr. Hedieh Molla Ghanbari | Sinai Health System
Dr. Christopher Gilchrist | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Barrett Grattan | Trillium Health Partners – Mississauga Hospital (PGY2 Resident)
Dr. Jessie (Tej-Jaskirat) Grewal | North York General Hospital (PGY2 Resident)
Dr. Charlie Guiang | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael’s Hospital
Dr. Lindsay Herzog | Sinai Health System
Dr. Alena W. T. Hung | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Dr. Rahul Jain | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Dr. Anu Joneja | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Jemy Joseph | Scarborough Health Network
Dr. Rahul Joshi | Sinai Health System
Dr. Charles Joyce | Community Physician – Orangeville (Clerkship)
Dr. Benjamin Kaasa | University Health Network
Dr. Bradley Kaplansky | North York General Hospital
Dr. Amna Karabegovic | North York General Hospital
Dr. Adam Kaufman | Toronto East Health Network – Michael Garron Hospital
Dr. Reena Kilian | University Health Network
Dr. Stephanie Klein | North York General Hospital
Dr. Erin Kraftcheck | Unity Health Toronto – St. Joseph’s Health Centre
Dr. Judith Lane | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Christine Lau | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Dr. Marcus Law | University Health Network
Dr. Linda Lee | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Pamela Lenkov | Women’s College Hospital
Dr. Desmond Leung | North York General Hospital
Dr. Jo Jo Leung | University Health Network
Dr. Nancy Li | Unity Health Toronto – St. Joseph’s Health Centre (PGY2 Resident)
Dr. Erick Ling | University Health Network
Dr. Stefano Lopiccolo | Women’s College Hospital (PGY3 Resident)
Dr. Lingli Ma | Toronto East Health Network – Michael Garron Hospital
Dr. Danielle Manis | North York General Hospital
Dr. Katie Marchington | University Health Network
Dr. Natasha Mirchandani | University Health Network
Dr. Matthew Myatt | Community Physician – Alliston (Integrated Communities Stream (ICS))
Dr. Jeffrey W. Myers | Sinai Health System
Dr. Jesse Myers | Women’s College Hospital
Dr. Polina Myrox | Trillium Health Partners – Mississauga Hospital (PGY2 Resident)
Dr. Scott Nguyen | Trillium Health Partners – Mississauga Hospital
Dr. James Owen | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael’s Hospital
Dr. Nikita Patel | Women’s College Hospital
Dr. Jordan Pelc | Sinai Health System
Dr. David Phillips | Toronto East Health Network – Michael Garron Hospital
Dr. Stephen Reid | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Rajini (Sivarajini) Retnasothie | Women’s College Hospital (PGY2 Resident)
Dr. David Rosenstein | Toronto East Health Network – Michael Garron Hospital
Dr. Esther Rosenthal | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael’s Hospital
Dr. Michel Saccone | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Modar Safar | Community Physician – Alliston (Integrated Communities Stream (ICS))
Dr. Manjot Sarao | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael’s Hospital
Dr. Solly Sax | Women’s College Hospital
Dr. Adil Shamji | Toronto East Health Network – Michael Garron Hospital
Dr. Nikita Sheth | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Alexandra Silberberg | North York General Hospital (PGY2 Resident)
Dr. David Silver | North York General Hospital
Dr. Giovanna Sirianni | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Dr. Ravinder Sohi | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Courtney Spelliscy | Humber River Hospital
Dr. Andrea Stern | Community Physician – Toronto (Family Medicine Longitudinal Experience (FMLE))
Dr. Rebecca Stoller | North York General Hospital
Dr. Laura Stratton | Women’s College Hospital
Dr. Jennifer Sy | University Health Network
Dr. Megan Tan | Markham Stouffville Hospital
Dr. Sandra Toutounji | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Meara Tubman-Broeren | Unity Health Toronto – St. Joseph’s Health Centre (PGY2 Resident)
Dr. Akshay Verma | Sinai Health System (PGY2 Resident)
Dr. Rachel Walsh | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Dr. Jeff Weissberger | Markham Stouffville Hospital
Dr. David Wheler | Scarborough Health Network
Dr. Patricia Windrim | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael’s Hospital
Dr. Rachel Wortzman | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Dr. Melinda Wu | Women’s College Hospital
Dr. Catherine L. Yu | Toronto East Health Network – Michael Garron Hospital
Dr. Neshmi Zaman | Toronto East Health Network – Michael Garron Hospital
Mimi Divinsky Award for History and Narrative in Family Medicine 2021
Dr. Peter Newman | North York General Hospital
OCFP Community Educator of the Year Award
Dr. Rajani Vairavanathan | Michael Garron Hospital
OCFP Early Years Award
Dr. Emilie Lam | Markham Stouffville Hospital
OCFP Family Medicine Resident of the Year – Ontario’s Rising Star Award
Dr. Kaitlin Siou | Sunnybrook Health Sciences
OCFP Leader for a Healthy Ontario Award 2022
Dr. Tara Kiran | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael's
OCFP Regional Family Physician of the Year
Dr. James Pencharz | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital – Region 4
Dr. Warren Rubenstein | Mount Sinai Hospital – Region 5
Dr. Kimberly McIntosh | Office-Based Physician – Region 6
Ontario Institute for Medical Education Mentor of the Year Award
Dr. Joyce Nyhof-Young | Women’s College Hospital
OntarioMD Luminary Award
Dr. Karim Vellani | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael’s Hospital
Ontario Medical Association’s Leadership and Service Award, Section on General and Family Practice
Dr. Dominik Nowak | Office-Based Physician
PARSEC/CAPA Educator of the Year Award 2021
Zlata Janicijevic | DFCM Physician Assistant Program
Postgraduate Research Awards 2021-22
Dr. Tavis Apramian | Niagara Health System – St. Catharines General Site – PGY3
Robert Sheppard Award for Health Equity and Social Justice 2022
Dr. Justine Baek | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael’s Hospital – PGY2
Student Scholar, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
Ms. Lauren Wintraub | University of Toronto Medical Student
Temerty Faculty of Medicine’s Charles Mickle Fellowship 2022
Dr. Warren Rubenstein | Mount Sinai Hospital
University College Alumni of Influence Award 2021
Ms. Sharona Kanofsky | University of Toronto
University of Toronto Student Leadership Award 2022
Dr. Alice Kam | North York General Hospital